Wednesday, January 20, 2010
This is just a quick link to follow -- an "aside." These are links to interesting things that, for one reason or another, I didn't place into a full posting. Click the link to visit the full article. Go to the blog index for a regular listing of posts.
Rachel's Tomb and the Protection of Jewish Holy Sites - '...Shortly after the American invasion of Iraq in 2003, the looting of Iraq's museums was the source of much outrage. Of course then, the target was obvious: President Bush's ill considered war to remove Saddam Hussein from power. All the usual international suspects used the opportunity to berate the President for one more breach of their sensitivities. But those same sensitivities don't seem operative when it's Jewish history that's being erased.'
